Asarum sieboldii

Background

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Chinese Name  :

Common Name  :Asarum Herb

Specific Name  : Herba asari

Scientific Name:
Collection  : The drug is collected at the fruiting stage in summer or in early autumn, remove from adhering soil and dried in the shade.

Description  : Herb of Asarum heterotropoides var. mandshuricum: usually rolled into a loose mass. Rhizomes of horizontal growth irregularly cylindrical, short branced, 1 --10cm long, 2 - 4mm in diameter, externally greyish brown, rough with ringed nodes, internodes 2 - 3mm long, marked with dish like stem scar at the top of a branch. Roots slender, closely born at nodes, 10 - 20cm long, 1mm in diameter, externally greyish-yellow, smooth or longitudinally wrinkled with fibrous roots or scars. Basal leaves 1 - 3 long petioled, surface glabrous, lamina mostly broken, the whole ones cordate to reniform-corrdate, margins entire, acute at the apex and deeply cordate at the base, 4 - 10cm long, 6 - 12cm wide, surface pale green. Some with flowers mostly crumpled, campanulate, dark purple, perianth-lobes incurved at the base and almost appressed to the perianth tube. Fruit hemigloboid, odour pungent-aromatic, taste pungent with tongue -numbing feeling. The rhizomes of the cultivated forms much-branched, 5 - 15cm long, 2 - 6mm in diameter. Roots 15 - 40cm long, 1 - 2mm in diameter, more leaves present.

Identification  : Foreign matter: Not more than 1% (Appendix lX A)Tootal ash: Not more than 12.0% (Appendix lX K)Assay: Carry out the method for the determination of volatile oil (Appendix X D). It contains not less than 2.0% (ml/g) of volatile oil.

Processing  : Eliminate foreign matter, spray a quantity of water, soften briefly, cut into sections and dry in the shade.

Action  : To dispel wind-cold, to relieve nasal obstruction, to alleviate pain and to remove retained fluid.

Indication  : common cold, headache, toothache; sinusitis with nasal obstruction; rheumatic arthralgia; cough and dyspnea due to retention of phlegm and fluid

Precautions  : Incompatible with Rhizome et Radix Verstri.

Dosage  : 1 to 3 g; appropriate quantity for external use.

Storage  : Preserve in a cool and dry place.

Evidence or the Use of Asarum sieboldii in the Treatment of Epilepesy

1st Five Results: pubmed search

Maoyuan Zhao, Yueqiang Wen, Yi Yang, Huafeng Pan, Shunkai Xie, Caifei Shen, Wenhao Liao, Nianzhi Chen, Qiao Zheng, Gang Zhang, Yuchen Li, Daoyin Gong, Jianyuan Tang, Ziyi Zhao, Jinhao Zeng
(-)-Asarinin alleviates gastric precancerous lesions by promoting mitochondrial ROS accumulation and inhibiting the STAT3 signaling pathway.
Phytomedicine: 2024, 126;155348
[PubMed:38335913] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Ying Ju, Chang-Ming Wang, Juan-Juan Yu, Xue Li, Ming-Xin Qi, Jiahui Ren, Ying Wang, Pei Liu, Yuan Zhou, Yu-Xiang Ma, Guang Yu
Higenamine inhibits acute and chronic inflammatory pain through modulation of TRPV4 channels.
Eur J Pharmacol: 2024, 964;176295
[PubMed:38154768] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Shun-He Yang, Xiao-Li Wang, Hao-Nan Zhang, Li-Fei Zhu, Shu-Hao Qu, Ming-Yue Zhang, Hong Zhang, Peng-Fei Liu
Phosphorylation Modification, Structural Characterization, Antioxidant and DNA Protection Capacities of Polysaccharides from Asarum Sieboldii Miq.
Chem Biodivers: 2024, 21(2);e202301781
[PubMed:38146649] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Liben Pan, Nan Yang, Yushu Sui, Yi Li, Wen Zhao, Liqiu Zhang, Liqiang Mu, Zhonghua Tang
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Metabolites: 2023, 13(12);
[PubMed:38132875] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P e)

Meng-Ying Chen, Rui-Xian Dai, Yu-Ling Fan, Zhong Liu
[Exploration of transcriptome SSR markers and its application in genetic diversity assessment of Asarum sieboldii].
Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi: 2023, 48(20);5519-5530
[PubMed:38114144] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)